BREAKING: Pence Compares Iraqi Parliament to IN House of Representatives

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Friday April 13, 2007 · 12:37 PM PDT

2007/04/13 · 12:37

Freshly sooted from a bombing in the Iraqi Parliament, Mike Pence (R-IN) surfaced from his fact finding trip with Senators John McCain (R-AZ) and Lindsey Graham (R-NC) wearing a jovial smile. "Wow, that was just like the debates we used to have in the Indiana House of Representatives" he laughed. "If you can't handle plastic explosives or if you don't know how to make a bomb from fertilizer, your days in the Indiana House are numbered.

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Friday March 16, 2007 · 3:42 PM PDT

2007/03/16 · 15:42

Bush has an interesting choice over the next few days. The WH spin on the firing of the USAttys has been to put out two completely contradictory concepts and hope that no one notices. This is a pretty safe bet with the MSM, but no so much with the lawyers sitting on Leahy's Judiciary committee. Those lawyers are going to see very quickly that Bush will have to fish or cut bait. The President must confess to a role in the removal of the lawyers, or the removals are prima facie illegal.

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Friday January 05, 2007 · 6:46 PM PST

2007/01/05 · 18:46

The National Security Archives has a examination of the Soviet experience in Afghansitan, based on declassified Soviet documents, that was published October 1, 2001. The summary, Vol. II: Afghanistan: Lessons from the Last War is description of the Soviet experience and pitfalls in Afghansitan.

Let's nix that rumor that the "Lessons from the Last War" author, Svetlana Savranskaya, was the prophetess Cassandra in a prior life. Or that in October of 2001, she was actually seeing something about to unfold, rather than describing an existing history.

What kinds of mistakes does her analysis highlight?

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Tuesday October 31, 2006 · 1:51 PM PST

2006/10/31 · 13:51

It's Halloween, things are scarey and Donald Rumsfeld is being kept up at night.

Other than the thought of scarey Nancy Pelosi, what could be so troublesome that the man who called Iraq "messy" is having a hard time sleeping? Read More

Torture Legislation - call 866.808.0065 & Why

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Monday September 25, 2006 · 10:58 AM PDT

2006/09/25 · 10:58

That number is the toll free number of the Congressional Switchboard, which will connect you with the office of any member of Congress.[This is going to have a lot of typos and link glitches but I'll just have to come back to it and try to fix it later, but I'm not sure some of the message can wait]

This is a plea that you call or contact your members of Congress or leaders of your party or anyone or everyone in Congress and tell them that you do not want them to vote for EITHER the House Bill or the Senate "compromise" bill

Other contact info for the House of Representatives: http://www.house.gov/...
And Senate: http://www.senate.gov/...
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Torture Legislation - call 866.808.0065

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Friday September 22, 2006 · 1:24 PM PDT

2006/09/22 · 13:24

I could write on and on, and write lots and lots, on the topic of the kidnap and torture engaged in by this administration. But then I wouldn't get this up very quickly. So I'm going to cut to the chase and tell you this, everyone needs to be on the phone sooner rather than later, telling your Senatorys and members of the House of Representatives you are against legislation that:

1. takes away habeas corpus rights of the innocent people who have been rounded up by the military or CIA and shippped off to be tortured and imprisoned for years with no protections and no way to secure their release; and

2. allows for torture or violations of not only the Geneva Conventions, but the War Crimes Act, the torture conventions and allows the United States military, government, CIA or President to commit crimes against innocent people with no recourse.

IOW - you are against both the house and the senate "compromise" bills. Read More

I like the NSA opinion just fine, even if it isn't Taylor made for some.

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Sunday August 20, 2006 · 6:13 PM PDT

2006/08/20 · 18:13

I've read one snide, or snipey or snitty or snotty piece after another about Judge Taylor's opinion, and I've become miffed. If all states of mind (not just terror), came in color coded scales - I'd be teetering between red and orange. In my color escalating miff, I've read the journalists quoting the pundits, the pundits quoting the professors, the professors quoting each other, and the President quoting himself. Read More

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I like the NSA opinion just fine, even if it isn't Taylor made for some.